No place for prejudice in weddings at city hall

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Refusing to perform same sex marriages in her public capacity is an affront to all taxpayers. Public services are meant to be accessible to all who live in Cambridge, Kitchener or Waterloo and make it their community.

The Christian religion in this area plays far too great a role in our public institutions. Prejudice in the name of one’s faith is still prejudice.

Brown must resign and take her personal religious beliefs with her. This is not the Canada or Cambridge that existed 25 years ago, and all minorities in this region deserve the support of their public institutions. Look closely and you will see that systemic prejudice is rife in Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo, and it is not limited to same sex marriage. Many thanks to guest columnist Julie Reid for bringing this to the public’s attention, Civil ceremonies must uphold law, June 1. The good people of Cambridge will now see that this is corrected. As for Brown, good riddance.